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    water glass egg crack

    Good evening everyone, Tonight I got into my water glassed eggs (from 3/17/23) and I had 3 eggs that only the shell was cracked, the membrane was intact. I have read in a number of places that if an egg is cracked, it ruins the whole batch. The water looked good, there was no "fowl" odor, I...
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    Hello from Missouri

    Thank you all for the welcome. I look forward to learning more about my chickens.
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    Broody hen switched nests

    Is there something I can use to mark her head feathers so I don't disturb her too much?
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    Broody hen switched nests

    Thanks for the input, as this is my first rodeo, I did trash the eggs as she was off the eggs for about 6 to 10 hrs when I noticed and started paying attention. I do have some fake eggs so I will start using them. Thanks
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    Hello from Missouri

    Cool, I didn't know that, my wife just looked it up,,, and wow!
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    Hello from Missouri

    We will be driving through KC tomorrow on our way to Ft. Riley.
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    Hello from Missouri

    Hello, my name is Edward, my wife and I live on a small 20-acre homestead. We do everything here 100% chemical free since Nature has been doing it since Creation, so that's how we have been doing it. We do woodchip gardening, and we have 31 hens and 3 roosters, and other critters. Anyhow...
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    Broody hen switched nests

    A little background on my 31 hens and 3 roosters, one rooster has been around for quite some time, so I know he knows what he is doing, and the other two are figuring it out. This is their first egg-laying season, as I picked them up on 9/8/22, and were raised without a heat lamp in the chicken...
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